This was a competition played in a good spirit but also in a very competitive manner. All Houses really thought they had a chance to win. It was a tight tournament with three Houses in contention for the title at the end. Henry, William and Galahad all had a chance to win. It rested upon the final match of the tournament with William playing Galahad. If William won there was a three way tie, if Galahad won they were the overall winners. Galahad went ahead with a Harry Virk three pointer, William then struck back with two quick baskets to go 4-3 up, in the final minute of the game Bilal Saleem scored to give Galahad a 6-4 win. An excellent competition with Galahad the overall winners. We look forward to next year.

Pavandeep Marva was successful in being nominated for second prize in the Rotary Club Competition for Design and Innovation. He was awarded £75 along with a framed certificate and a book.

Two other boys received a certificate of commendation, Karen Patel and Rhandhawa Singh. All three students studied Engineering at GCSE.

Pavandeep accompanied Mr Keane to the awards ceremony where we were privileged to meet an ‘old boy’  Douglas MacDonald who left the School in 1936! He recited his register from 1931 without hesitation.

We are delighted to announce the following appointments for next academic year:

Head Boy: Leopold Johnson
Head Girl: Hawwah Ra’ana Ishaq
Deputy Head Boy: Gurdeep Mall
Deputy Head Girl: Rima Legah
Chair of School Council: William Bonner

We wish all Prefects well for next academic year. Congratulations!

The Religious Studies department would like to thank the Gurdwara served by the Nishkam Sewak Jatha on the Soho Road for their kind hospitality during the visit of our Year 7 students.  All of the students visited the Gurdwara over 3 days and listened carefully as a volunteer from the community spoke to them in detail about Sikh faith and the importance of Sewa. The boys had a tour of the place of worship and many were fascinated by the prayer hall in the dome at the top of the building, which gives amazing views over the city.

We are delighted that the following Year 9 Students; Max Henry, Ibrahim Hussain & Robert Frater (Team Seemakhawk) – have been shortlisted for this year’s National Microsoft Kodu Kup finals for their design and development of the game “Kodu Eruption”. The Dragons Den style finals will be take place on the 17th July at Microsoft HQ in Reading.

Please see the following links for more detail.

President Obama Endorsing Microsoft Kodu

2013 Kodu Kup Finals

Stuart Ball from Microsoft said:

“Congratulations on making it to the 12 finalists. To give you a sense of the scale of your achievement, 380,000 students have been using Kodu in the UK this year . The quality of the 160 games that were entered was outstanding and your games were voted the best by our judging panel.

But making the game was just the start. You now have the Kodu Kup UK 2014 final to compete in.”